Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
STEPHEN COVEYMake small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
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Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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The deepest hunger of [a child’s] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.
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Internal victories precede external victories.
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